Identifier |
19910224_nanos_sciplatform1_02 |
Title |
Reactive Lymphohistiocytosis with Recurrence in the Optic Chiasm |
Creator |
Gregory L. Plock |
Affiliation |
Hastings, NE |
Subject |
Reactive Lymphohistiocytosis; Optic Chiasm; Chiasmal Radiation Therapy |
Description |
A 30-year-old man was well unti11980, when he sustained a skull fracture and cerebra lcontusion, requiring phenytoin for post-traumatic seizure disorder. In January, 1988, he developed night sweats, fevers, abdominal pain, 13-pound weight loss and hepatosplenomegaly with pancytopenia. Subsequent liver and bone marrow biopsy were nondiagnostic. Spleen biopsy demonstrated a reactive histiocytic process. His symptoms and pancytopenia responded to prednisone therapy, with substitution of phenobarbital for phenytoin. |
Date |
1991-02-24 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
1991 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
NANOS 1991: Case Presentations (Session 1) |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s67m3fmg |
Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
ID |
183038 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67m3fmg |